Last Philadelphia trolley ends after 93 years on Market Street
Historic Market Street transit era closes as the Philadelphia Transportation Co. retires the streetcars in favor of buses. The final run marks a three hour farewell amid plans to consolidate and speed public transit. In nearby reports, a California tanker crash and spaceflight publicity concerns also headline a day of varied US events.
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Center City
Eas
Philadelphia Transportation Co
Truckee
Calif
California
Edward Silva
Zwicker Gets U. S. Assignment
Major General Ralph W. Zwicker, once targeted by Senator McCarthy, is departing Korea for a U.S. post. He received the traditional honor guard ceremony at the 8th Army parade ground and will soon command the 20th Army Corps (reserve) at Fort Hayes Ohio, overseeing reserve duties in several states. McCarthy attacked Zwicker over the Camp Kilmer dentist case involving Maj. Irving Peress, whom Zwicker had commanded.
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Ralph W. Zwicker
Joseph McCarthy
Korea
United States
Zwicker
1St Cavalry Division
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20Th
US. Army Corps
Ft. Hayes
Ohio
McCarthy
Camp Kilmer
A. J
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Irving Peress
Peress
Afro Asia Meet debates propa ganda at UN conference
About 500 unofficial delegates from 42 nations and colonies debated nationalization disarmament and nuclear issues at an Afro Asia meet near the United Nations. Committees worked on pro propaganda resolutions as observers warned against Western stockpiling and foreign troop withdrawal, while Hickenlooper urged caution over NATO and Russia in space and missile programs.
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Contine’ Disarmament
Keoru Yasui
Japan
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NATO
Europe
China
West
Jack Bell
United, Na
Washington
Hickenlooper
R-Iowa
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SALS
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United States
Russia
White House
James C. Hagerty
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Wells
House Armed Services Committee
Vin
Ison
D-Ga
Onil Tae NA Cairo WA
Sydney Rain Uplifts City After Long Drought
Sydney residents welcomed a steady rain that broke a heat wave and eased a drought blamed on months of high temperatures. Citizens walked the streets without coats or umbrellas, overjoyed by a cooler and wetter day after the 1888 drought benchmark was exceeded.
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